The 44th Aston Magna Music Festival
“Love and Lamentation”
June 16-July 9, 2016
12 Concerts. 4 Venues. Extraordinary music.
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June 16, 17 and 18, 2016
Love and Lamentation
17th Century Italian Monody
Monteverdi, Marazzoli, Rossi and Marini
This program will be guest directed Erin Headley, lirone, an internationally renowned musician and musical scholar. Ms. Headley has lived, performed and worked professionally in Europe for years and has now returned to the U.S. She is a regular member of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and other eminent organizations. The lirone is a bowed string continuo instrument that creates a rich web of harmony.
Program: Prologue from L’Orfeo and Lament of Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi; Elena invecchiata vanitas’ cantata on the aging Helen of Troy by Marco Marazzoli; Lament of Zaida, and Scenes from Orfeo by Luigi Rossi; instrumental music by Biagio Marini, Monteverdi and Rossi
Artists: Guest Director Erin Headley, lirone/viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Laura Jeppesen, violin/viola da gamba; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin, and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord Soloists: Teresa Wakim, soprano; Nell Snaidas, soprano
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 @ 7 PM
Slosberg Music Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Friday, June 17, 2016 @ 8 PM
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Saturday, June 18, 2016 @ 6 PM
Daniel Arts Center
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Pre-concert talk one hour ahead of each program; reception with the artists follows the Daniel Arts Center performance.
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June 23, 24 and 25, 2016
The Trio Sonata
Handel, Corelli, Purcell, Leclair and a newly commissioned work for period instruments by Alex Burtzos
Artists: Daniel Stepner and Edson Scheid, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 @ 7 PM
Slosberg Music Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Friday, June 24, 2016 @ 8 PM
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Saturday, June 25, 2016 @ 6 PM
Daniel Arts Center
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour ahead of each program; reception with the artists follows Daniel Arts Center performance.
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June 30, July 1 and 2, 2016
Mozart’s Diversions
Program: A Musical Joke, The Horn Quintet, Divertimento, K. 287
Todd Williams’ versatile interpretation of the modern and natural horn bring him unusual status among early music virtuosos.
Artists: Todd Williams, natural horn; Linda Dempf, natural horn; string ensemble
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 @ 7 PM
Slosberg Music Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Friday, July 1, 2016 @ 8 PM
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Saturday July 2, 2016 @ 6 PM
Daniel Arts Center
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour ahead of each program; reception with the artists follows Daniel Arts Center performance.
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July 7, 8 and 9, 2016
J.S. Bach: Sacred and Secular
Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068; Cantata No 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen; Cantata No. 201: The Contest of Phoebus and Pan
Artists: Dominique Labelle, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, alto; William Hite and Frank Kelley, tenor; Jesse Blumberg and Ulysses Thomas, baritones; and baroque ensemble
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Thursday, July 7, 2016 @ 7 PM
Slosberg Music Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Friday, July 8, 2016 @ 8 PM
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 8 PM
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
SEASON FINALE
Great Barrington, MA
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Box Office: 413.528.0100
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour ahead of each program; reception with the artists follows Mahaiwe performance.
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